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27 January 2004
Lardy Ladies and their Lawyers 
I had some sympathy for Ms Volochkova, the Russian ballerina fired from Moscow's Bolshoi Theater amid allegations she had become too heavy to lift. But know the little madam is, well, throwing her weight about. She's insisted that she will only return to the job if given starring roles. "I dream of dancing in the Bolshoi," Anastasia Volochkova said while on tour in the Ukrainian capital Kiev. "But I don't want to be a marionette in anybody's hands, and I will never return to dance in secondary roles." The Bolshoi fired Volochkova, one of its leading dancers and a national celebrity in Russia, after a contract dispute and amid allegations that she was too heavy to lift. Volochkova, who weighs about 50kg and is 168cm tall, challenged the decision and Russia's Labor Ministry ordered her reinstatement. Now she is promising more legal action and is demanding £550,000 in damages from Bolshoi Theatre director Anatoly Iksanov. She said: "My lawyer will put the case to the Municipal Court in Moscow on February 2." The 27-year-old, who weighs 7 stone 12 lbs, said that since her return to the theatre conditions have been made "intolerable" for her and she has been effectively forced out of the organisation and of Russia. She added: "I'll sue him for moral damage. I've been forced to leave Russia by his refusal to give me anything other than support roles and by giving the media negative information about me." The normal weight for a ballerina is between 6.2 and 7 stone. She is now heading for London to revive her career. She told Russian daily newspaper Izvestia: "I've started negotiations in London. The conditions since my re-instatement at the Bolshoi Theatre have become particularly intolerable." |
